Russia pours in more troops and presses attack in the east

If successful, the Russian offensive in what is known as the Donbas would essentially slice Ukraine in two and give President Vladimir Putin a badly needed victory after the failed attempt by Moscow's forces to storm the capital.

'It's not the end': The children who survived Bucha's horror

Vlad watched as his mother was carried out of the shelter last month and to the yard of a nearby home. Her coffin was made from pieces of a closet. In a dark basement under a building shaking from the bombardment of war, there were few other options.